John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of MA and president of the Second Continental ...

Adams, Jefferson and other Founding Fathers enjoyed wild game and seasonal produce in Philadelphia's taverns during the Continental Congress, where food became part of politics.

Student-teacher pairs from 26 U.S. states and territories began the Young People’s Continental Congress in Philadelphia, ...

July 30: Thomas Jefferson writes A Summary View of the Rights of British America at age 31, establishing reputation as a political writer. September 5: First Continental Congress established ...

Before there was a nation, there was the Army. The United States Army began on June 14, 1775, as the Continental Congress ...

The Declaration of Independence was originally drafted by former US President Thomas Jefferson in consultation with committee members such as John Adams.

South Carolina's original delegates to the Second Continental Congress were (clockwise from top left) John Rutledge, Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch Sr., Christopher Gadsden and Edward Rutledge.

Sept. 5–Oct. 26: First Continental Congress — Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. 1775. ... June 14: The Second Continental Congress formally established an American Continental Army.

The first, local Flag Day observances came after the Civil War and eventually a federal law designated June 14 as Flag Day in 1949, under World War I combat veteran Harry Truman. He declared in a ...